Under the 'Sustaining Progress' Affordable Housing Initiative the Government promised to deliver 10,000 affordable homes. Much fanfare from Junior Minister Noel Ahern. How much has been delivered to date? 30 units. Hmm. Here's a snapshot of Minister Dick Roche, Noel Ahern and his colleague Batt O'Keefe presiding over Environment Questions in a not so packed Dáil chamber

27 June, 2005

Something has to happen to the Dún Laoghaire Baths. The site should be developed, but at a modest scale. The coastline is a precious resource and the opportunity to provide a building that respects the scale and grain of town should not be squandered. The current proposal should be put to one side. The Council should draw up various options for the site ranging from doing nothing and leaving a ‘noble ruin’ on the site to the extreme of the current proposals. They should also provide indicative costs. The public should then be asked for their views.

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Born in Shankill, County Dublin, as the snow melted after the long hard winter of 1963. I trained an an architect and planner and studied at the University of Maine in the USA, University College Dublin, and the University of Venice.
I was a Green Party TD for Dún Laoghaire from 2002-2011. In the Dáil as Minister of State for Planning, I reformed our laws to put the needs of communities ahead of developers. I published laws to tackle climate change and noise pollution, and protect our heritage. I have stood up to high-rise development and corrupt rezoning. I am a keen gardener and sailor, and have two children. I am a Councillor representing Dublin's North Inner City
I lecture in urban regeneration in the School of Transport Engineering, Environment and Planning
at the Dublin Institute of Technology, Bolton Street.